..Much weaker validation was found for PPI factor 1, which manifested limited convergent validity and a pattern of correlations with central criterion variables that was inconsistent with many conceptualizations of psychopathy...

The case for using research on trait narcissism as a building block for understanding narcissistic personality disorder

..Finally, we suggest that any dimensional classification of personality disorder should recover all of the important component traits of narcissism and be provided with official recognition in the coding system...

Examining the construct validity of the elemental psychopathy assessment

..Overall, the nomological networks of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism were unrelated. The current results support the need for a more explicit parsing of the narcissism construct at the level of conceptualization and assessment...

Psychopathic traits from the perspective of self and informant reports: is there evidence for a lack of insight?

..g., less aggressive social functioning, better delay of gratification). The authors speculate that individuals with Cluster B PDs may be more likely to respond maladaptively to alternative negative mood states, such as anger and fear...

An examination of the factor structure of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, narcissistic personality disorder criteria: one or two factors?

..g., occupational, parental) and were even able to account for variance after controlling for Axis I and Axis II pathology. Given these findings, it is believed that the FFMSS holds promise for clinical use...

Affective lability: separable from neuroticism and the other big four?

..The stable factor structure and relations with constructs relevant to the study of psychopathy provide further support for the EPA as a stand-alone, comprehensive assessment of psychopathic personality...

..e., low Conscientiousness) and a broad array of PD symptoms. The authors interpret these findings in the context of alternative measures of psychopathy and suggest that the LSRP is a reasonable, albeit imperfect, measure of psychopathy...

Examination of the Section III DSM-5 diagnostic system for personality disorders in an outpatient clinical sample

..Overall, these measures are closely related with regard to their relations with general and pathological personality dimensions, although the ENT scale may capture a slightly more pathological variant...

A comparison of the criterion validity of popular measures of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder via the use of expert ratings

..Specifically, they describe ways in which the PPDWG ignored large bodies of extant research that could have guided and supported the proposal, inoculating it against many of the most damning critiques...

Multidimensional examination of impulsivity in relation to disordered gambling

James MacKillopDepartment of Psychology, University of GeorgiaExp Clin Psychopharmacol 22:176-85. 2014

..Overall, the EPA is a promising assessment tool given the breadth of its coverage, the flexibility with which it can be used (total score; 4-factor scores; 18 subscale scores), and its ties to a popular model of basic personality traits...

..The decision to use the 3- or 4-factor model will likely hinge on researchers' underlying conceptualization of psychopathy, specifically whether antisocial behavior is viewed as a core feature of this construct...

An examination of the perceptions of social network characteristics associated with grandiose and vulnerable narcissism

Joanna LamkinDepartment of Psychology, University of GeorgiaPersonal Disord 5:137-45. 2014

..Individuals high on grandiose narcissism, however, appear to be more insensitive to the relative importance of individuals in their social networks...

..Because interpersonal and affective features of psychopathy are less important than basic traits of antagonism in postdicting violence, it may be appropriate to broaden focus in risk assessment to patients' basic personality traits...

An examination of the factor structure of the Social Skills Rating System parent elementary form